# Chrobak (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/chrobak/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Polish |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 578 |
| US rank (2010) | 38,332 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 534,162 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (500 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Chrobak, Czech Chrobák, and Slovak Chrobák, from the noun chrobak (“small worm, beetle”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Chrobak in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 98% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.0% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.0% |

## People named Chrobak

- Rudolf Chrobak, Austrian gynecologist (1843-1910)

## Similar surnames

Carbajal, Carvajal, Corpuz, Cribbs, Corpus, Carbaugh, Cripps, Carabajal, Creviston.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.